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:*Strzok and Lisa Page debate what would be shared with DOJ prosecutors when Strzok returns to Washington (investigators typically do not share information with prosecutors until an investigation is completed for fear of leaks which can compromise confidential informants. Additionally, unlike a criminal investigation, the Trump investigation is a [[counterintelligence]] investigation, which can be quite lengthy over years or decades, and rarely result in criminal indictments against the main targets. The object is to neutralize rather than convict. Hence [[due process]] requirements can be much lower than [[probable cause]] necessary in criminal inquiries):  

:*Strzok and Lisa Page debate what would be shared with DOJ prosecutors when Strzok returns to Washington (investigators typically do not share information with prosecutors until an investigation is completed for fear of leaks which can compromise confidential informants. Additionally, unlike a criminal investigation, the Trump investigation is a [[counterintelligence]] investigation, which can be quite lengthy over years or decades, and rarely result in criminal indictments against the main targets. The object is to neutralize rather than convict. Hence [[due process]] requirements can be much lower than [[probable cause]] necessary in criminal inquiries):  

{{quotebox-float|Strzok - I think we need to consider the lines of what we disclose to DOJ. For example, the last stipulation notes we will not disclose.}}

{{quotebox-float|Strzok - I think we need to consider the lines of what we disclose to DOJ. For example, the last stipulation notes we will not disclose.}}

*<font color="blue">David Remnick writes an article in the ''New Yorker'' entitled, ''Trump and Putin: A Love Story.'' Citing the “original reporting” of Franklin Foer’s July 4, 2016 ''Slate'' article, Remnick contends “that one reason for Trump’s attitude has to do with his business ambitions.” As Remnick elaborated, “one of Trump’s foreign-policy advisers," Carter Page, "has longstanding ties to Gazprom, a pillar of Russia’s energy industry.” Remnick also worried about Trump’s lack of support for Ukraine and the fact that Trump “has declared NATO ‘obsolete’ and has suggested that he might do away with Article 5.”</font><ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/trump-and-putin-a-love-story</ref>

:*David Remnick writes an article in the ''New Yorker'' entitled, ''Trump and Putin: A Love Story.'' Citing the “original reporting” of Franklin Foer’s July 4, 2016 ''Slate'' article, Remnick contends “that one reason for Trump’s attitude has to do with his business ambitions.” As Remnick elaborated, “one of Trump’s foreign-policy advisers," Carter Page, "has longstanding ties to Gazprom, a pillar of Russia’s energy industry.” Remnick also worried about Trump’s lack of support for Ukraine and the fact that Trump “has declared NATO ‘obsolete’ and has suggested that he might do away with Article 5.”<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/trump-and-putin-a-love-story</ref>

*'''4 August.''' John Brennan has regularly scheduled intelligence sharing phone call with Alexander Bortnikov, head of Russia’s [[FSB]].  

*'''4 August.''' John Brennan has regularly scheduled intelligence sharing phone call with Alexander Bortnikov, head of Russia’s [[FSB]].